Géza Steinhardt ( né Géza Szekeres; 1873–1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, and author. He was a Jewish and known for his comic roles. Steinhardt was murdered in the Holocaust during

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Biography

Géza Steinhardt was born with the name Géza Szekeres on 1873 in Levice,

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(now Slovakia). Some records have his name at birth as Géza Goldstein. He began his career in 1890 at the ''Folies Caprices'', where he partnered with actor Sándor Rott and he remained for 18 years. In 1908, he opened the Trocadero amusement park () on Rákóczi Avenue, which he operated until 1917. He enlisted as a soldier in 1917, during

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. Between September 1918 and 1927, he led the "Little Comedy Theater" ('' Kis Komédia'') together with Rott. From 1930 until 1932, he operated the ''Steinhardt Stage'' (). Over time he switched from German-language performances to Hungarian-language only. and created great popularity for the genre. His authored books include: (1935); and (1942). During either November, or December 1944, the Arrow Cross Party, a far-right fascist Hungarian ultranationalist party, marched him and his wife to the edge of the Danube River, where they were shot and pushed into the water.

Filmography

As actor

* ''Dódi karrierje'' (1915) * ''Link és Flink'' (1927), as Léha Dezsõ, Dódi

As producer

* '' Prisoner Number Seven'' (1929)Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005. pg 87

As writer

* ''Dódi karrierje'' (1915)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinhardt, Géza 1873 births 1944 deaths Male actors from Budapest Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust Hungarian male stage actors Hungarian male film actors Jewish Hungarian actors People executed by the Government of National Unity (Hungary)